the first was frances perkins the first secretary of labor. why. >> very few people know -- frances perkins was the first woman cabinet secretary. the labor secretary for fdr if it weren't for frances perkins we wouldn't have many of the things we have today like social and child protection laws that really are important to all americans. she pushed that legislation through. and of course, fdr championed it and made it happen but she was the woman behind all of that. so to me she's a real unsung hero. >> if you travel around the world you'll likely see cultural figures on money. you don't see that much in the united states. let's talk about rachel carson. the author. >> she was both a cultur culturallistalist and an author. research she was doing caused potential great damage to the environment. it was her popular books that really led to the modern environmental movement. the earth day that you know kind of galvanized the public and eventually led to the creaks of -- creaks of thecreation of the environmental protection agency. she wrote "sie

he started working with people such as senator robert wagner, the father of our former mayor frances perkins who went up to be secretary of labor under friendly roosevelt, and bill moskowitz, who was a publicist for reform organizations. he wound up hiring bill moskowitz to be his right hand woman and all many. in 1920, -- in 1920 eight, he was the democratic nominee for the party. here -- and now smith derby on it. what do you think happened in 1928? smith did not win, did he? there were three strikes against smith. one was that he was an anti-prohibitionist. at a time when the republicans had convinced the electric -- the electric that the fall said act was a noble good, and they managed to squash the idea of gangsterism and bootlegging. practically every adult was a lawbreaker in one form or another. in fact, my father was in the hotel business and he would make bathtub gin. one day he was asked to make some for a client and my father was delivering it in a baby carriage with an older sister sitting on top of the bottles. she was squalling, of course. who came along? how smith. he leaned

frances perkins, who went on to be the secretary of labor under franklin roosevelt. and bill moscow it's -- moscowit z and he wound up hiring him to be his right hand woman in albany. in 1928, the democrats selected him as his standard -- as their standardbearer. if i do not pick my finger -- smith derby on it. what do you think happened in 1928? well, smith did not win. herbert hoover one. there were three strikes against smith. one was that he was an anti-prohibitionist. he was a wet at the time when republicans had convinced the electorate that it was a noble and good thing. they managed to squash the idea of gangsters and bootlegging and practically every adult was a lawbreaker in one form or another. in fact, my father was in the hotel business and he would make gin. one day he was asked to make some for client and my father was delivering it and -- delivering it in a baby carriage with my sister sitting on top of the bottles. who came along? al smith. he leaned in the baby carriage with his cigar clenched firmly in his teeth and said, what's the matter, baby? b

but kleiner perkins says pao twisted the facts and had a history of conflict with colleagues. >>> if you are just joining us, there is some breaking news out of france this morning. a german airliner with 148 people has crashed in the french alps. the french president says there are probably no survivors. we'll have the very latest coming up in just a few minutes. >>> plus, the debate over the altamont pass windmills and whether some should be shut down. >> and there's a plan this morning to force home owners to get rid of wood-burning fireplaces. that's coming up next. >> and we have record heat heading back to the bay area. we'll tell you when and how hot it will heat up. >> we're looking at mass transit this morning. so far everything is on time. we just looked in on "ace" train number one leaving the central valley, problem-free. we want we want to know what drives you crazy during your commute. ask a question or share a gripe by emailing crazy@kpix.com. or tweet me at #ewengerkpix and watch to see if your question gets answered on air. we'll be right back. bulldog: you don't need superpowers to help someone. sometimes, all it takes is a warm he